Hmmm, this is bothersome.  How do you set this up to work on a dhcp
machine?  More importantly, how do I set it up to work on my dhcp
machine at home?  Since that is outside of the network completely what
are the options?  Keeping in mind that DDNS is not in place and making
these machines static is almost not an option.

~JK

David Dahl wrote:
> 
> danix wrote:
> >>
> We upgraded two servers, and things are generally OK.  One small issue.
> Since the java client is gone, we installed the windows netbackup admin
> console on a couple of machines.  They can talk to one of the servers
> just fine, a test server as well, but not a second production backup server.
> 
> The error we get is:
> "Neither the selected host "backup01" has netbackup operating nor the
> current
> user "danix" or host have Netbackup admin privs on the host"
> Try 1-5... (paraphrased)
> <<
> 
> I have dealt with this error lately. The key is to have the host name of the
> workstation running the Remote Admin Console in the bp.conf file as a server
> (SERVER = hostname). Of course, make sure that this host name is in your
> /etc/hosts file, or otherwise resolve the host name so you can ping the
> workstation running the Console. Also, unless you set up non-root access to
> Netbackup administration for "danix", you must create a user named "root" on
> your Console workstation and use that account from which to startup the
> Remote Admin Console. I set up root on my Win2000 workstation with the same
> password as on the server, but I am not sure that it is necessary. It would
> be safest to create the root account with the same password as on the
> server.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> David Dahl
> Portland, Oregon
> 
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